Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Strategy Group

As part of FUTURE WORKFORCE , six strategy groups have been established around key health and disability workforces including one for the Nursing and Midwifery workforces. For Nursing and Midwifery, the Strategy Group provides an overview, with sub-groups considering the specific issues for each workforce. Membership of the group is drawn from District Health Boards, with support from DHBNZ and external advisors.

The Strategy Group acknowledges the significant other sector work on the nursing workforce, both underway and already completed. There is a need now to engage all key stakeholders in a national approach which links initiatives together in a planned and systematic way to progress nursing and midwifery workforce development.

These WebPages hold information on projects and innovations underway within the FUTURE WORKFORCE Nursing and Midwifery projects.

Workforce Strategy group members

Jim Green

Lead CEO, Nursing and Midwifery

Chair, Nursing and Midwifery WSG

CEO Tairawhiti DHB

Chiquita Hansen

Director of Nursing, Primary Healthcare, MidCentral DHB

Marilyn Rimmer

Manager, Workforce, DHBNZ

Mark Jones

Chief Nurse, Ministry of Health

Kevin McFadgen

Employment Relations Specialist, DHBNZ

Glenda Alexander

CTU Representative

Helen Pocknall

Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Wairarapa DHB

Heather Casey

Director of Nursing, Mental Health, Otago DHB

Lynne Collier

Clinical Services Manager, Well Dunedin PHO

Ann Yates

Midwifery Leader, Auckland DHB

Sue Bree

Independant Midwife, Bay of Islands

Lucy Casey

Maternity Manager, Waitemata DHB

Anna Vita

Clinical Midwife Manager, Tairawhiti DHB

Jan Adams

Chief Operating Officer, Waikato DHB

Mary Gordon

Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Canterbury DHB

Liz Manning

Project Manager, Future Workforce, DHBNZ

Laura Aileone

Project Manager, Future Workforce, DHBNZ